Fuel Tax Credit (FTC)

Businesses are entitled to claim tax credits based on the set rates on the fuel which is bought, produced, or imported for business use. This credit is called Fuel Tax Credit (FTC) which is available only on the fuel which is used in machinery, equipment, heavy vehicles (with GVM* of more than 4.5 tons), plant, and light vehicles driven on private roads only.

*GVM: Gross Vehicle Mass

Requirements To Claim FTC:

Only GST registered businesses who also register for FTC are allowed to claim FTC on their BAS.

Moreover, the time that fuel is acquired must be taken into consideration because only the purchased or manufactured fuel from the last four years from the claim are subject to FTC.

Having all these conditions, it is still important and necessary to check your eligibility via FTC entitlement tool.

FTC Registration:

FTC Deregistration:

Same ways used for registration is available to cancel FTC with the difference of filling up form NAT 2955 and lodge it with ATO.

FTC Rates:

Variables such as fuel consumption timing, fuel type, and usage purpose determine the applicable FTC rates. In addition, the rates are not taken to be granted since government adjust FTC rates with one of the economic variables, consumer price index (CPI), every February and August.

FTC Amount:

Upon calculation of FTC, part 7D of your BAS must be filled up with this amount. All changes to FTC must be recorded in part 7C of your BAS to reverse your extra FTC amount claimed before.

The cases in which FTC is over claimed is when the fuel is purchased by a third party before consumption or the fuel is used for other usages which are not listed in FTC requirements.

Simplified FTC:

Businesses with FTC less than $10,000 per annum are allowed to use the following two ways to ease their FTC calculation:

Applying only one fixed rate on different types of the fuels acquired

Measure the fuel volume used by dividing the total fuel cost purchased during the year by the average fuel cost

Note: It is highly important to keep sufficient records related to fuel so as to present it whenever required by ATO.

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